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The bridle & the bit · 12.3
The mosquero
The fringe at the brow of the vaquera bridle — a fly-whisk that also keeps the horse's time
A working tool that happens to be beautiful — it wards off the flies, and in its swing the rider reads the even walk.
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The bridle & the bit · 12.3
The mosquero of the cabezada vaquera — horsehair at the brow, read for the rhythm of the walk
Fig. 12.3 · The mosquero
A fringe of horsehair, leather or silk — the flies warded, the even time of the walk kept in view.